UK patient gets novel treatment for T-cell leukemia

UK patient gets novel treatment for T-cell leukemia

In May 2022, Alyssa, 13 from Leicester, became the first reported patient in the world to receive base-edited T-cells at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), in collaboration with the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH), to...
COVID Infection, Vaccination Linked to Heart Condition

COVID Infection, Vaccination Linked to Heart Condition

Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai validated the link between a debilitating heart condition and COVID-19 and, to a lesser extent, a novel link between the same condition and COVID-19 vaccination. POTS more likely after COVID-19 illness Their...
FDA Authorizes Bivalent COVID Vax for Kids

FDA Authorizes Bivalent COVID Vax for Kids

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the updated (bivalent) Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to include use in children down to 6 months of age.  “More children now have the opportunity to update...